White v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from tbe District Court of Brazoria. Tried below before Hon. T. S. Beese. This appeal is from a conviction for assault witb intent to murder, tbe punishment assessed being two years in the penitentiary. In view of tbe disposition made of tbe case on tbe appeal, no statement is necessary. Tbe witnesses Williams and Andy Johnson were incompetent, by reason of conviction for felony. Code Crim. Proc., art. 730, subdiv. 5; Arcia v. Tbe State, 26 Texas Crim. App., 193.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
A bill of exceptions recites, that “the State introduced as a witness Henry Williams, who, having been duly sworn, testified, that be bad been convicted of tbe crime of manslaughter, bad served a term of two years in tbe State penitentiary of Texas, under a sentence on said conviction, and that be bad not been pardoned or restored to citizenship.” Exception was reserved to tbe introduction of said Williams as a witness, upon tbe ground that he was incompetent to testify by reason of such conviction. Tbe exception having been overruled tbe witness testified. Tbe same action and…
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